In the area of training, Altium plans to build on the 46 public training courses it held last year with new certification course and on-demand training.

Altium plans to establish a China innovation centre to provide a new concept in skills development that goes beyond straightforward training in how to use Altium Designer. This will give Chinese designers new skills and techniques to tackle electronics design in new ways, and encourage new ways of thinking about how electronics design can be done.

Altium is also planning a new R&D Center, which will be manned by the newly created Chinese technical content development team. Currently consisting of seven members, the content team includes experienced engineers who will be working alongside specially selected graduate engineers. The initial focus of the content team will be developing design libraries and standard document and board design templates, a substantial proportion of which will be tailored for the local market. However, the team will also be working on technical content development for use as part of Altium Designer worldwide.

“Employing graduates alongside experience engineers and software developers is a commitment to nurturing the engineers of the future,” said Roger Shen. “It’s very important to Altium that new graduates are able to contribute right at the start of their careers, but also be supported by senior mentors. That is the structure we have created for this new team.”

To help make “designed in China” a reality for electronics designers, and in addition to recruiting new graduates to its new regional R&D center, Altium is also nurturing future electronic design talent. Altium China will continue to sponsor and support design competitions. Last financial year, Altium China granted licences for Altium Designer to more than 400 institutions and more than 7,000 contestants and teachers in various competitions.

About Altium
Altium Limited (ASX:ALU) creates electronics design software based on the belief that anyone who wants to create electronic products that make a difference should be able to do so. Altium’s unified electronics design environment links all aspects of electronics product design in a single application that is priced to be as affordable as possible. This helps electronics designers break down barriers to innovation, harness the latest devices and technologies, manage their projects across broad design "ecosystems" and create connected, intelligent designs.

Founded in 1985, Altium has headquarters in Sydney, and operates worldwide. For more information, visit www.altium.com .